The document provides guidance on final checks and improvements for a paper being submitted. It recommends checking the title, argumentation, vocabulary, grammar, spelling, bibliography, and layout. For the title, it notes titles often reference the main topic, aim, conclusion, pose the topic as a question, or use a general statement. It also directs the reader to tasks in their textbook on getting peer feedback and using nominalization to change verbs to nouns for a more academic style.

1. Chapter 7
Editing
Do tasks 29a-b, 30 on pp. 207-210
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2. editing
Final check before submitting the paper:
•Think of a good title
•Argumentation check
•Vocabulary check (formal English)
•Grammar and spelling check (not everything is
picked up by a computer!)
•Bibliography
•Consistent lay-out
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3. The title:
Titles often contain one or more of the following
elements:
•a reference to the main topic
•a reference to the aim of the author
•a reference to the conclusion
•the main topic as a question
•a general statement which is then refined
Certain words occur very frequently in titles, cf. p.
218
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4. Peer feedback
Do task 13 on p. 222, and task 16b on p. 225
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5. nominalisation
Academic writers frequently use the noun forms of
verbs; rather than focusing on the action (verb)
they focus on the concept (noun).
Water hyacinths are rapidly spreading into
drainage systems and are restricting the rate at
which the water flows.(=verb)
The rapid spread of water hyacinths into drainage
systems is causing restrictions in the rate of water
flows.(=noun)
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